{"id":650,"date":"2011-07-31T09:45:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T09:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=650"},"modified":"2023-07-02T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T14:16:49","slug":"pleasant-surprise-audi-r8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/pleasant-surprise-audi-r8\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant Surprise – The Audi R8"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I’d finished creating my latest wedding book the other day so decided to get some fresh air by going for a shoot on the moors between Manchester and Huddersfield. It’s really gritty up there, not beautiful like the Dales, but more imposing, like a\u00a0Gothic\u00a0horror\u00a0novel or some 80’s werewolf movie.<\/p>\n

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Wandering down to Scammonden Dam, the biggest earth embankment dam there is apparently (check Wiki for that, may have changed – who knows) and found a lovely black Audi R8 parked up.<\/p>\n

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Not one to miss an opportunity, I grabbed the camera and shot off as many HDR’s as I could do given the constraints.<\/p>\n

First up, it was really harsh, bright sun shine – so the scene has massive contrast and shadows. Ideally I prefer<\/a> something a little more subtle, evening light is best, you get a bit of colour in the sky and less shadow – or better, really long shadows. Think of the early Dracula films, they had those long shadows – they evoke something a little sinister!<\/p>\n

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Second, it was in a car park with other cars around… the last thing you want are other cars in the background<\/a>, they just distract you. So I had limited options on the shooting angle –\u00a0luckily\u00a0one side of the car was clear, all the useable shots are from the driver’s side really.<\/p>\n

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No idea who’s car it was, so if anyone recognises the reg plate above, maybe they could let the owner know and ask if they’d like a print \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I’ll be using one of the mono images on a new McFade Automobile Art flyer soon – get that in to the Audi dealerships of west yorks<\/p>\n

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